Hemorrhage/contrast staining areas after mechanical intra-arterial thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke: Imaging findings and clinical significance

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1791-1796

  Parrilla, Guillermo ^a   Garcia Villalba B ^a   Espinosa De Rueda, M ^a   Zamarro, J ^a   Carrion E ^a   Hernandez Fernandez F ^a   Martin J ^a   Hernandez Clares R ^a   Morales, A ^a   Moreno, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST STAINING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL INTRA ARTERIAL THROMBECTOMY; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PARENCHYMA; PROGNOSIS; RECANALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STAINING; STENT; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBOLYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867783636     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3044     Document Type: Article

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